Bank of England's Saunders says Brexit might stop rate hikes: Bloomberg
Reuters
Published Jul 23, 2019 03:39AM ET
Bank of England's Saunders says Brexit might stop rate hikes: Bloomberg
LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit might stop the Bank of England from raising interest rates, Michael Saunders, one of the policymakers who has talked in recent months about the likely need for higher borrowing costs, was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.
The discrepancy between the BoE's base-case assumption of a smooth Brexit and investors' fears that Britain will leave the European Union without a transition deal meant that BoE's official outlook might not be "a key driver of people's policy vote," Saunders said in an interview.
"The economy right now is clearly not overheating - the underlying pace of growth, stripping out all of the funny effects, inventories, car shutdowns and so forth, is weak and below trend," Saunders said.
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